884. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the additional accommodation project application lodged by a school (details supplied); to detail the level of engagement which has taken place with school on accommodation needs since December 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42908/26]
Topics / Schools Building Projects
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsSchools Building Projects
1,752 questions from 137 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
1,752
questions
1,730 written, 22 oral
137
TDs have asked
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parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
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| January 2025 | 45 |
| February 2025 | 99 |
| March 2025 | 56 |
| April 2025 | 100 |
| May 2025 | 40 |
| June 2025 | 60 |
| July 2025 | 102 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 79 |
| October 2025 | 61 |
| November 2025 | 126 |
| December 2025 | 92 |
| January 2026 | 75 |
| February 2026 | 248 |
| March 2026 | 121 |
| April 2026 | 86 |
| May 2026 | 95 |
| June 2026 | 83 |
| July 2026 | 71 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 54 |
| October 2026 | 59 |
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885. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding tender approval for urgent project at a school (details supplied) recently granted DEIS Plus status to address issues with roof currently in state of disrepair; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42909/26]
887. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the additional accommodation project application lodged by a school (details supplied); the timeline for a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42912/26]
894. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason her Department has reneged on its written agreement (November 2024) to build a 9-room configuration on the site already purchased next door for a school (details supplied) ; if she will honour the original agreement which is a critical matter for families seeking education through Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [429…
897. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the timeline of a schools (details supplied) stage 1B meeting with her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42988/26]
898. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department met with the school authorities in regard to the progression of construction of a school (details supplied); if she discussed any potential shortfall in funds; the way in which that shortfall may be bridged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43009/26]
899. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Youth the date for completion of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43010/26]
908. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school (details supplied) in County Clare that was approved for a new classroom almost two years ago, which has since completed the full tender process, engaged an architectural engineer to complete all necessary documentation, and returned all required reports to her Department, and has been recently informed that the project …
910. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost to complete the works at a school (details supplied); if there is a funding shortfall, the plans to complete the works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43291/26]
911. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she or her Department met with a school authorities in regard to the progression of construction (details supplied); if she has discussed any potential shortfall in funds; and the way that the shortfall may be bridged.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43292/26]
918. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason previously approved funding for a single classroom in a school (details supplied) has been cancelled; if it will be reinstated; if so, when this will occur. [43401/26]
919. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason her Department is refusing to meet the urgent need it already formally recognised in November 2024 for the promised nine-room extension for a school (details supplied). [43406/26]
920. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which her Department can justify spending €56,000 annually on top of the €500,000 already wasted on failing prefabs in a school (details supplied) while leaving purchased land adjacent to the school mostly vacant [43407/26]
921. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the exact timeline for the promised nine-room extension to meet the future needs of a school (details supplied); and the reason the schoolchildren must wait in substandard conditions in the interim. [43408/26]
932. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the permanent school building project for a school (details supplied) which is currently operating across two split sites in Heron's Wood and for which a permanent site was identified in January 2023 and subsequently purchased in January, but which does not appear on the list of projects prioritised to proceed i…
933. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the school building project for a school (details supplied) the all-Irish second-level school in Cork city centre; the current stage of the project; the expected timeline for its progression to construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43480/26]
966. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43960/26]
84. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the way in which plans can be advanced for a new school (details supplied) on the new site offered free of charge to the State, within the town boundaries of Milford. [39850/26]
87. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to provide the funding to allow all school building projects in Carlow and Kilkenny to move to the next phase of the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40603/26]
89. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth an update on the new build for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40803/26]
94. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that approval issues at an early date in respect of a building project for a school (details supplied) taking into account the accommodation needs of this school which have been outlined clearly to the Department and that the school is seeking basic accommodation and replacement of a much outdated prefab which was, in effect, a mul…
107. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total capital allocation for school building projects in 2026; the way this funding is being prioritised across projects at planning, design and construction stages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34610/26]
109. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the expected timeline for the evaluation of tenders and commencement of construction for the permanent school building project at a location (details supplied); whether her Department anticipates any risks to the currently envisaged late Quarter 3 2026 construction commencement date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40811/26]
116. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aindrias Moynihan den Minister for Education and Youth cén dul chun cinn atá á dhéanamh ag a Roinn maidir leis an bhfoirgneamh nua a thógáil ag scoil (sonraí thíos); agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [40068/26]
120. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of all school building projects in County Cork; the timeline since the last stage was entered into for each project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40790/26]